Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Chemerin is a novel adipokine that is correlated with adipocyte differentiation, glucose metabolism and inflammation, but its role remains to be elucidated in atherosclerosis particularly in diabetes and prediabetes. We aimed to investigate the relation of serum chemerin levels with markers of atherosclerosis as exemplified by pulse wave velocity (PWV), carotid intima media thickness (CIMT), and carotid plaque presence in these groups.Metho...

Objective: Nesfatin was found to be co-localized with insulin in pancreatic β cells and its levels were decreased in type 2 diabetic patients. In order to investigate the role of nesfatin in carbohydrate metabolism, we measured baseline nesfatin-1 levels and its response to glucose load in patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and in healthy subjects.Subjects and methods: Fourteen patients with IGT and, 13 age and body mass index matched co...